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. 2008 Mar;60(3):323-7.
doi: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.09.013. Epub 2007 Nov 26.

Evidence for a new species of Leishmania associated with a focal disease outbreak in Ghana

Jeffrey T Villinski  1 , John D Klena, Magda Abbassy, David F Hoel, Naiki Puplampu, Sarah Mechta, Daniel Boakye, Gregory Raczniak
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Evidence for a new species of Leishmania associated with a focal disease outbreak in Ghana

Jeffrey T Villinski et al. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2008 Mar.

Abstract

A previously unknown Leishmania spp., inferred by DNA sequence analysis of the small subunit ribosomal RNA gene and the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1), was detected in tissue biopsies from patients living in the Eastern Ghanaian community of Taviefe. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis of the ITS1 amplicon supports the possibility of an uncharacterized Leishmania spp.

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